This was a long period of extreme cold temperatures
100
The Mound Builders
The Great Serpent Mound was built or made by whom?
100
Burial places for important chiefs, some may honor animals( part of their religion)
Why did the Mound Builders create the mounds?
100
A drought may have forced them to leave
What was the theory on why the Anasazi left their villages?
100
These symbols recall the Aztec people
Why do you think the Mexican flag has an eagle, a cactus, and a snake?
200
Bering Strait
A narrow stretch of water that separates Asia from North America
200
East
Did the Mound Builders live east or west of the Mississippi River?
200
False
knives made from rocks in the Rocky Mountains, seashells from the Gulf of Mexico, copper from the midwest
True or False, the Mound Builders used tools all from around the area (midwest)
200
In present day Canada
Where did the Inuit live?
200
Floating gardens, and also they carved terraces into hillsides
Describe a way that the Aztec people created more land for farming
300
Migration
Scholars believed the first people came to the Americas between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago. How did they get there?
300
There was fertile soil, they had lakes and rivers.
Why did the Mound Builders live around the Mississippi River?
300
Four Corners
Where did the Anasazi live?
300
Hunter
( whales, walruses, seals)
The Inuit people were hunters, gatherers or farmers?
300
They sent out armies to conquer other people
How did the Aztecs create their empire?
400
Mammoth or Caribou
Historians believe that large animals were the first to cross the Bering Strait. Name the possible animal
400
Corn
What was the Mound Builders main crop they grew?
400
Their name is a Navajo Indian word for " The Old Ones"
Anasazi stands for what word or name?
400
They grew a surplus of food, so not all families had to be farmers
What was the effect of the Mayan success in farming?
400
Giraffe
What is Mrs. Fearing's favorite animal?
500
The climate warmed up and the glaciers melted
How did the ice age come to and end?
500
Adena, Hopewell, and the Mississippians
The Mound Builders were not a single group of people. What are the three names of the people?
500
Corn, squash, beans, and pumpkins
What were some crops that the Anasazi grew?
500
There was a surplus of food so not everyone had to farm. They began to focus on other jobs such as basket weaving, jewelry making, stone carving, astronomy, and math
Explain the term "specialization" when it refers to the Maya people